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Kew Media Distribution adds to AFM slate
The company will shop docs Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes (pictured), Mr. Nelson: On The North Side and others at the Santa Monica market.
Bell Media realigns Discovery Networks under Mike Cosentino
The retirement of Discovery GM and VP Ken MacDonald sees a host of structural and executive changes for the suite of factual channels.
Hot Sheet: Digital Demand Oct. 16 to 22, 2018
Netflix’s The Haunting Of Hill House tops the chart, followed by Marvel’s Daredevil at #2, while Amazon Prime Video’s The Man in the High Castle breaks the top five.
WFF names Indigenous Filmmaker Fellowship finalists
Trevor Mack (pictured) and Darcy Waite are two of the filmmakers who will receive mentorship on their scripted projects during the immersive program.
Deals: A71, 9 Story, Kew, Hayu
9 Story Distribution sells its remastered animated series Garfield and Friends to Boomerang, Hayu acquires the U.K. version of Love Island, plus more.
Storyhive introduces Indigenous Storyteller program
Twenty Indigenous-led projects will receive $20,000 in production funding, in addition to mentorship and training.
Global OTT revenues to nearly double in next five years
While SVOD revenues lead the way, growth in AVOD is outpacing other paid media, according to a new report.
Corus inks exclusive content deal for Hallmark programming
Under the agreement, W Network has the exclusive Canadian licensing rights to all movies and scripted shows produced by Crown Media for Hallmark Channel.
TLN invests in spooky original feature
With the English-language thriller Darker Than Night, Bruna Aloe says TLN Television aims to tell more culturally connected stories.
AMI-tv preps new dating show
The half-hour series There’s Something You Should Know is produced by Toronto’s Summerhill Media.
In Brief: Falls Around Her wins imagineNATIVE audience award
Darlene Naponse’s drama starring Tantoo Cardinal wins big at the fest, Netflix raising more money for original content, and more.
Incendo’s The Sisterhood rolls in Montreal
Directed by Jean-Francois Rivard, this is the fifth Incendo MOW to go to camera this year.
Quincy Raby joins Hollywood Suite as director of operations
The former GM of Viceland channel in Canada is taking over from long-time director of operations Keith Wilson.
CMPA, WGC spar over authorship in Copyright Act hearing
Members of the organizations went before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage to argue who should be considered the author of a screen-based work.
Forgive Me returns to Super Channel for season three
Three years after the conclusion of its sophomore season, new episodes of the Emotion Pictures drama will air on the network’s rebranded Fuse channel.
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